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her chest, trying to avoid focusing on those perfect tits. “Unbutton until you’re showing skin. Put your hair down too. Do you have any face paint?”
    She shook her head. “No, but if we find some berries I can make my lips red, maybe even rub some on my cheeks.”
    “That would work.” He looked around. “Do you know what the bushes look like?”
    “Do you mean we’re going to do this?” Her eyes sparkled in the mid-afternoon sun.
    Brody thought about all the reasons he should say no, but there weren’t any. “Yep, let’s do it.”
    Olivia looked triumphant. “If Matt saw me now, he would try to paddle my behind.”

C HAPTER T HREE
    C aleb Graham rode into the yard of the Circle Eight, with his brother Nicholas behind him. Lorenzo was waiting by the barn, his expression concerned. There wasn’t panic, so Caleb wasn’t too worried but he knew the vaquero was hard to ruffle.
    He stopped and dismounted, then yanked off his gloves. “What’s wrong?”
    Nick jumped down with a jingle of spurs. “What do you mean what’s wrong?”
    “Shut up a minute and let Lorenzo talk.” Caleb stepped toward the ranch hand, his worry growing.
    “Mariposa is gone.”
    “What do you mean, she’s gone? Did someone take Liv’s mare?” The theft of one of their best broodmares would put a dent in their plans to raise their own horses.
    “ Sí, Olivia did.” Lorenzo shook his head. “She’s been gone since before dinner.”
    Caleb closed his eyes and counted to ten. “Do you know where she went?” His older sister wasn’t the type of female to take off on flights of fancy. She ran the ranch like a military camp and was more disciplined than anyone he knew. When Matt and Hannah were gone, Olivia took great pleasure in ordering everyone around. She just didn’t ride away for eight hours for no reason.
    “No, but Mama does.” Lorenzo frowned. “The ranger was here this morning.”
    Ranger Armstrong was a good man. There was no reason to be worried if he’d visited. Liv must have told him Matt wasn’t there. But where had she gone?
    A terrible thought occurred to him and he turned and ran to the house. He burst through the door, startling Eva and Mrs. Dolan, who sat at the table drinking coffee. Wide-eyed, they both opened their mouths to likely admonish him but he spoke first.
    “Where is she?”
    Eva didn’t pretend to misunderstand. “She’s gone. When she is done with what she has to do, she will return.”
    Caleb heard but didn’t quite believe the housekeeper. “Gone where?”
    “With the ranger, of course. Olivia has gone to find Benjamin.”
    Oh, shit. Matt was going to kill him.
     
    Olivia shouldn’t be excited to be dressing up as a whore and throwing herself at a murderer and robber, but a kernel of thrill had blossomed inside her. Growing up on the Circle Eight had been relatively normal for the Graham children, with the dangers anyone expected in Texas. But the day her parents died had changed that life forever.
    Now she would protect her family no matter how hard it was, or how far she had to go. The excitement originated from her heart, from finally doing something to help find Benjamin, and to bring to justice the men who had murdered her parents. Perhaps it was a little bloodthirsty but she was going to accept her feelings, good or bad.
    She searched the brush for berries and found some in only a few minutes. These weren’t the kind to eat, so she had to be careful not to lick her lips. They would cause vomiting and diarrhea—she and Rebecca found that out a long time ago—but nothing more serious than that. If she had to kiss Sanchez, he would get a bad case of the runs from it. A fitting side effect for a bastard who might have had a hand in murdering her parents.
    Olivia took a handful of berries and used a small rock to smash them on a larger rock. She rubbed the juice between her fingers, then carefully applied it to her lips, and rubbed it into her cheeks. Brody held out a